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UrduCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Solid-state batteries pack a lot of energy into a small space, but their electrodes are not good at keeping in touch with their electrolytes. Liquid electrolytes reach every nook and cranny of an electrode to spark energy,…
Tag: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING/CHEMISTRY
Out of thick air: Transforming CO2 into light-emitting carbon
Breakthrough by uOttawa researchers sees creation of light-emitting solid carbon from CO2 gas
Engineering smarter stents
Pitt Engineer Youngjae Chun is part of international group that received $2M to create smarter coronary artery stents
New NUS technology completes vital class of industrial reactions five times faster
The research team used oscillating electric potentials to increase the rate of hydrogenation on typical commercial catalysts
Thin is now in to turn terahertz polarization
Rice lab’s discovery of ‘magic angle’ builds on its ultrathin, highly aligned nanotube films
A safer, greener way to make solar cells: researchers find replacement for toxic solvent
Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents currently needed to make the next generation of solar technology. Printed carbon perovskite solar cells have been described as a likely…
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and…
‘We’re playing Moneyball with building assets’
New tool uses AI to target smarter repairs with limited funds
Electric cars: Special dyes could prevent unnecessary motor replacements
One day in the near future dyes in electric motors might indicate when cable insulation is becoming brittle and the motor needs replacing. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), together with ELANTAS, a division of the specialty chemicals group…
Scientists to take a new step in the microelectronics’ development
Researchers developed a method to determine the electrochemical capacity.
Bipolar order: A straightforward technique to have more control over organic thin films
Modern and emerging applications in various fields have found creative uses for organic thin films (TFs); some prominent examples include sensors, photovoltaic systems, transistors, and optoelectronics. However, the methods currently available for producing TFs, such as chemical vapor deposition, are…
New tool offers personalized, low environmental impact, healthy diet specific to country and season
To improve our own health and the health of our planet, dietary habits will need to change. Because the composition of an optimal diet changes depending on the combination of location, season, and personalized dietary needs, investigators have built a…
Climate action potential in waste incineration plants
Over the coming decades, our economy and society will need to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions as called for in the Paris Agreement. But even a future low-carbon economy will emit some greenhouse gases, such as in the manufacture of…
Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks — Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts
Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, within the silicon-based and plastic fibres of common…
Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable
Since it was first introduced in 2016, transparent wood has been developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology as an innovative structural material for building construction. It lets natural light through and can even store thermal energy. The…
Ways of improving thermal energy conversion for efficient power generation
Worldwide many thermal industries are working without tapping the valuable waste heat into a useful form. Electricity is one of the most extensively used commodities in the world. The existing and futuristic power plant configurations and its characteristics suitable to…
Dead lithium: The culprit of low Coulombic efficiency with LIBs
The target of carbon-neutral and net-zero emissions is the development and utilization of renewable energy. High-energy-density energy storage systems are critical technologies for the integration of renewable energy. Li metal is highly recognized as a promising alternative anode for next-generation…
Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing Webinar
An ECI Webinar on June 9, 2021
National lab, municipal power utility test energy storage for small hydropower generation
Idaho National Laboratory has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower plants can serve as reliable sources of startup power during outages. Working with Idaho Falls Power, a municipally owned utility, INL researchers this week performed tests…
Faster Air Exchange in Buildings Not Always Beneficial for Coronavirus Levels
Modeling study suggests vigorous ventilation can cause spike in viral concentrations
Was your catalytic converter stolen? Here’s why (video)
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021 — Catalytic converters cut down on toxic car emissions, and, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, they’re one of the greatest environmental inventions of all time. Today, catalytic converter theft is on the rise, and…
Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials
Photocatalysts are useful materials, with a myriad of environmental and energy applications, including air purification, water treatment, self-cleaning surfaces, pollution-fighting paints and coatings, hydrogen production and CO2 conversion to sustainable fuels. An efficient photocatalyst converts light energy into chemical energy…
To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature
New technology could steer plastics from landfills, oceans — and into your backyard compost bin
CO2 conversion using a new Power-to-X system
Using excess electricity from wind and solar power, and CO2 from biogas, a new project aims to produce biomethane in a pilot-scale experiment – an important step in the Power-to-X technology that may give exports of Danish technology a green future
From smoky skies to a green horizon: Scientists convert fire-risk wood waste into biofuel
A simplified new process transforms wood waste from agriculture and forest management into ethanol
Plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
Scientists at the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP), an Energy Frontier Research Center led by Ames Laboratory, have discovered a chemical process that provides biodegradable, valuable chemicals, which are used as surfactants and detergents in a range of…
Transparent nanolayers for more solar power
Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon solar cells with more than 26 percent efficiency
Construction of new low-carbon hydrogen pilot plant gets underway
Producing clean and versatile hydrogen will fulfil a vital role in meeting global decarbonisation goals.
New method measures super-fast, free electron laser pulses
Using photoionization as an ultrafast, optical shutter, slow visible-light cameras can measure femtosecond extreme ultraviolet laser pulses
X-ray study recasts role of battery material from cathode to catalyst
Newly clarified reactions point to novel applications for a long-studied lithium-rich battery material
Designing selective membranes for batteries using a drug discovery toolbox
By binding specific ions in specially designed cages within its pores, a new membrane could enable more efficient flows in energy storage devices
Story tips: Mighty Mo material, fueling retooling, goods on the move, doubling concrete and more
Manufacturing – Mighty Mo Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists proved molybdenum titanium carbide, a refractory metal alloy that can withstand extreme temperature environments, can also be crack free and dense when produced with electron beam powder bed fusion. Their finding…
A new, positive approach could be the key to next-generation, transparent electronics
Filling a crucial gap in the materials spectrum
Dual-bed catalyst enables high conversion of syngas to gasoline-range liquid hydrocarbons
Gasoline, the primary transportation fuel, contains hydrocarbons with 5-11 carbons (C 5-11 ) and is almost derived from petroleum at present. Gasoline can also be produced from non-petroleum syngas. Nonetheless, achieving high conversions of syngas to C 5-11 with excellent…
Smart glass has a bright future
Light modulation via optical MEMS microshutter and micromirror arrays could provide huge energy savings
Development of a broadband mid-infrared source for remote sensing
A research team of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Institute for Fusion Science and Akita Prefectural University have successfully demonstrated a broadband mid-infrared (MIR) source with a simple configuration. This light source generates highly-stable broadband MIR beam at…
Record GE Gas Power gift honors engineering legend, drives diversity in STEM fields
In an effort to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity, GE Gas Power today announced it is establishing a historic annual scholarship to support underrepresented minorities and women on campus – the largest in the history of Clemson’s College…
Findings offer ‘recipe’ for fine tuning alloys for high-temperature use
Superalloys that withstand extremely high temperatures could soon be tuned even more finely for specific properties such as mechanical strength, as a result of new findings published today. A phenomenon related to the invar effect – which enables magnetic materials…
NTU Singapore scientists design ‘smart’ device to harvest daylight
Device can be used to illuminate dark, underground spaces in daytime
A Skoltech method helps model the behavior of 2D materials under pressure
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a method for modeling the behavior of 2D materials under pressure. The research will help create pressure sensors based on silicene or other 2D materials. The paper…
Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
UCLA-led study captures the structure of metallic glass
Biggest “local” 5G network in Japan comes to Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) is constantly striving to maintain a cutting-edge research environment, not just to keep its place among the top universities in the world, but to promote research that resolves the big issues of big cities. As part…
Materials scientists use frontal polymerization to mimic biology, reimagine manufacturing
A simple plastic water bottle isn’t so simple when it comes to the traditional manufacturing process. To appear in its final form, it has to go through a multi-step journey of synthetic procedure, casting, and molding. But what if materials…
Apples to apples: neural network uses orchard data to predict fruit quality after storage
A researcher from Skoltech and his German colleagues have developed a neural network-based classification algorithm that can use data from an apple orchard to predict how well apples will fare in long-term storage. The paper was published in Computers and…
An organic material for the next generation of HVAC technologies
Texas A&M researchers have enhanced the dehumidification efficiency of a polymer that could help develop more energy-efficient systems with a smaller carbon footprint
Faraday Institution commits a further £22.6m to battery research to deliver commercial impact
Integrated project on battery safety formed
Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported the first observations of a new form of fluorine, the isotope 13 F, described in the journal Physical Review Letters. They made their discovery as part of an experiment conducted at the…
Laser lights the way
A new way to observe laser interactions could improve laser-based manufacture
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
Rice University lab’s optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissions